Tracklist: 1. Meet the Pets 2. Katie's Leaving 3. Meet Duke 4. Fetch Me a Stick 5. Telenovela Squirrels 6. Hijack! 7. Gidget Meets Tiberius 8. Initiation Time 9. Rooftop Route 10. The Viper 11. You Have An Owner? 12. Good Morning Max 13. Sewer Chase 14. Who's with Me? 15. Me Like What Me See 16. Traveling Bossa 17. Flushed Out to Brooklyn 18. Sausages! 19. Duke's Old House/Captured 20. Brooklyn Bridge Showdown 21. Rescuing Duke 22. Wet But Handsome/Blue Taxi 23. Max and Gidget 24. Welcome Home 25. We Go Together
Desplat is a hit and miss for me, but the samples sound really promising. His stuff for childrens/animation films tend to get my attention. Mr. Magorium's, Rise of the Guardians are both great scores.
As soon as I heard the score I knew that Desplat was gonna channel it on The Secret Life Of Pets, but he does more than that. You can hear the influences from the Wes Anderson films (quirky bells and celesta, chanting male choirs), and Desplat's previous animated scores (saxophones and woodwind solos), plus the taiko writing from Godzilla, some traditional Desplat-esque action music, John Powell inspired use of electronics and latin influenced drums. Haven't hear a score as eclectic and fun from Desplat since Rise Of The Guardians. If the studio won't interfer, Rogue One might be as good as this one.
The samples are a gas! Each sample feature a jazzy, snappy flavor, very reminiscent of Henry Mancini. I have been looking forward to seeing this film since its first sneak preview last summer and now this score even adds more anticipation.
This score is great. How is this thread down to page 4 already?
If I'm not mistaken this is the chronological order
02 Katie's Leaving (0:55) 01 Meet The Pets (2:37) 03 Meet Duke (3:36) 12 Good Morning Max (1:29) 04 Fetch Me A Stick (3:09) 05 Telenovela Squirrels (1:24) 06 Hijack! (2:00) 07 Gidget Meets Tiberius (4:56) 08 Initiation Time (1:01) 10 The Viper (1:49) 13 Sewer Chase (1:09) 14 Who's With Me? (1:21) 17 Flushed Out To Brooklyn (2:47) 15 Me Like What Me See (0:54) 09 Rooftop Route (1:27) 16 Traveling Bossa (1:56) 18 Sausages! (1:13) 11 You Have An Owner? (3:04) 19 Duke's Old House / Captured (3:03) 20 Brooklyn Bridge Showdown (2:34) 21 Rescuing Duke (2:46) 22 Wet But Handsome / Blue Taxi (1:24) 23 Max And Gidget (1:36) 24 Welcome Home (1:57)
Saw the film yesterday. Quite a few laughs, and Desplat's score is omnipresent. At a quick 90 minutes, the film doesn't overstay its welcome. This is good, because after a measured start, the film is nonstop action (as is a MINIONS short that precedes it). The score is always bright and tuneful, a definite buy for me.
